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by John49
February 19th, 2024, 8:19 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 1039
Views: 74529

User Experience with the Strietman CT2

Looks like olive burl
by John49
February 19th, 2024, 1:46 pm
Forum: Buying Advice
Replies: 9
Views: 281

Baratza Vario died

Parts for the Vario are readily available, a replacement motor is only $39. {link} If you're reluctant to try this you could send it to Baratza
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by John49
January 23rd, 2024, 10:22 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 111
Views: 17874

Experience with Weber Unibasket

The depth of the 16g basket is 24mm
by John49
January 9th, 2024, 8:12 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 2
Views: 338

Strietman CT2v2 ?

The shower screen has changed. {link}
by John49
January 5th, 2024, 7:37 am
Forum: Tips and Techniques
Replies: 5
Views: 269

Uneven Puck Saturation?

Jeff, the dark ring that you noticed is due to a lack of flow in those regions of the puck. A basket with perforations that do not extend to the outer wall is responsible for this effect. A paper filter on the bottom would slightly mitigate this. There are many baskets now that have perforations tha...
by John49
December 28th, 2023, 11:53 am
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 24
Views: 1721

Kinu M47 vs The World

I have the opposite experience from Erik, I preferred the Kinu over My HG-1. The alignment on the HG-1 was difficult and always found some visible large grounds, not as uniform as the M47
by John49
December 24th, 2023, 10:30 am
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 29
Views: 4306

SWORKSDESIGN 49.7mm Puck Disk Screen Experience

Try this:{link}
by John49
December 14th, 2023, 7:17 am
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 2
Views: 84

Porte filtre 58mm

Breville includes a single basket
by John49
December 5th, 2023, 3:31 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 426
Views: 28198

Canadian Roasters: Canucks...What are you drinking?

Ordered two bags of Diego Bermudez Castillo in September, poor service and funky coffee, will not recommend this roaster
by John49
November 11th, 2023, 12:11 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 82
Views: 3403

Lever espresso machine configuration

The CT2 holds 350ml of water and is ready in 8 minutes from a cold start. With prepped baskets you could run back to back shots